Chinese state-run paper reports possible alien signals from FAST, then deletes the story

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The giant FAST radio telescope dish in Guizhou, China
The FAST radio telescope, whose data the Beijing Normal University team analyzed SCJiang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Science and Technology Daily, a state-run paper, reported that a Beijing Normal University team had found suspicious narrow-band signals in FAST data; the report was then removed. Lead scientist Zhang Tongjie said radio interference was a very likely cause.

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  1. PressChina says it may have received signals from aliens (opens in a new tab)Live Science / 2022-06-15

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